CMS announced it is combining the interpretive guidelines that its surveyors use for psychiatric hospitals into the main Appendix A for hospitals...Read More »
CMS is revising its State Operations Manual (SOM) for hospitals in one of the first significant overhauls in more than a year. But be aware that...Read More »
As of January 1, CMS eliminated the paper version of the form to report patient deaths associated with restraint or seclusion. Form CMS-10455 must...Read More »
Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of...Read More »
HFAP provided a handy list of what CoPs were to change, and stated that “all regulations are effective November 29, 2019 with the exceptions of...Read More »
Watch for information on possible changes to medical record, nursing, and patients’ rights standards from The Joint Commission (TJC), HFAP, and...Read More »
Expect CMS and other accrediting organizations to be looking at how you ensure hospital Conditions of Participation (CoP) are met in your...Read More »
Comments provided to CMS by the American Hospital Association (AHA) highlights the chief concerns its members had with the draft guidelines. Read More »
